Alstom awarded signalling contract for Albacete-Alicante high speed rail line

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Adif, the Spanish railway infrastructure manager, has awarded a contract to an Alstom-led consortium to build and maintain the signalling and telecommunications systems for the high speed rail line between Albacete and Alicante.

This is the first contract to supply HS equipment awarded by Adif in a PPP (Public Private Partnership) scheme.

Alstom, whose share of the contract is worth around €110 million, will lead the consortium made up of Grupo Comsa-Emte, Isolux Concesiones and CAF.

Alstom will undertake the global coordination of the project, the system architecture and the supply, installation and maintenance of the signalling system and ERTMS.

The key technology in this contract is the ERTMS signalling equipment for the high speed line.

For the first time in Spain, ERTMS Level 2 will be installed without the back up of Level 1 equipment.

ERTMS L2 is based on a GSM communication system dedicated for railways (GSM-R).

The overall contract includes the project design, installation and maintenance of the signalling system, the fixed communication system, centralised traffic control (CTC), security equipment, the Automatic Train Protection system, mobile GSM-R communications equipment and infrastructure for mobile phone operators.

Henri Poupart-Lafarge, President of Alstom Transport, said:

“Alstom offers the best technology in the market, supported by the strongest traffic management capacity and the best reliability and availability of its equipment, which improves operational performance and reduces maintenance costs.”

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